To figure out the best approach for your training, your CFI needs to know a little bit about you. [Credit: Adobe Stock]
Key Takeaways:
Flight instructors leverage a student's professional background to tailor training, as skills such as advanced hand-foot coordination (e.g., heavy equipment operators), linear thinking (e.g., technical careers), and foresight (e.g., musicians) are highly transferable to aviation.
Effective training methods include specific exercises to improve foot coordination for rudder control and encouraging students to tap into their natural teaching instincts to better understand and verbalize procedures.
For high-achieving professionals who may experience frustration when learning to fly, instructors address this by reminding them that mastery takes time and by breaking complex flight tasks into smaller, manageable, and interconnected steps.
When adults meet for the first time—after the exchange of names—the next question is often, “What do you do for a living?” When your flight instructor asks this, they may be using that information to develop the best approach for your training.
There are certain skills from the non-aviation world that can help you in the cockpit.
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Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.
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